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RSA Archer vs Tenable Lumin comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

RSA Archer
Ranking in IT Vendor Risk Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
GRC (1st), IT Governance (1st)
Tenable Lumin
Ranking in IT Vendor Risk Management
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IT Vendor Risk Management category, the mindshare of RSA Archer is 11.7%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tenable Lumin is 1.7%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Vendor Risk Management
 

Featured Reviews

Raviteja Nekkanti - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 17, 2023
User-friendly, minimal learning curve and good for security assessment
My use case is for security assessment. It's my daily task. I use it for security assessment in Azure. We have tickets where users need to submit details about an application, computer, or server. For Archer, my direct task is to assess the security risk of an application, infrastructure, or…
Yusuf-Hashmi - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 14, 2023
It creates a risk score that helps me develop a remediation plan, so the infrastructure team can move quickly to address risks
Tenable Lumin is a risk management solution that helps me identify risks associated with my critical assets and the actions I should take Tenable Lumin's dashboard helps me understand my vulnerabilities and which tasks I should prioritize for vulnerability remediation. Tenable creates a risk score…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Good dashboards and reporting features; it's easy to gather reports quickly."
"Flexible record permissions and data import features."
"The solution has improved my organization by having everything combined to a single platform."
"The last project was for an investment group that was using Excel. Shifting their records from one position to another took approximately 15 minutes. In Archer, we created a workflow for them to leverage it, and they could send the single record with one click to one person within seconds. The whole process went from 15 minutes to two minutes to get the approval for the records. The main purpose of Archer is to just make it easy."
"This solution helped us with the centralization of our governance data, so we could house all of our controls in one place. We could use that central repository of all our controls to build our risk management strategy and our policy and governance. So we could use controls as a central library and build policy, and then build risk management around it."
"First of all, its access control feature where it provides application level access, solution level access, and even recall access, as well."
"RSA Archer is a good tool and I have found performing the application, ISMS, and TPRM assessments beneficial."
"I like how Archer requires very little programming ability. A person with minimum coding experience can configure the necessary fields in Archer. It's more of a drag-and-drop solution."
"Tenable Lumin is very good because it helps organizations look for solutions and profit. It also helps organizations save time because it displays market data well."
"The stability of this solution is appropriate. You can sleep well at night, if you have this solution implemented in your environment."
"Tenable Lumin's dashboard helps me understand my vulnerabilities and which tasks I should prioritize for vulnerability remediation. Tenable creates a risk score that helps me develop a remediation plan, so the infrastructure team can move quickly to address risks. Real-time threat intelligence is also helpful. They get multiple sources of intelligence and correlate the data. Lumin discovers your assets through an agent or a network scan. That's an excellent feature that I'm leveraging now to better understand where all my assets are."
 

Cons

"RSA Archer's best features are advanced workflow, reports, dashboards, and notifications."
"The solution can be a little slow due to the Silverlight feature."
"RSA Archer might be a bit expensive for small companies because it's a vast tool."
"Some of the error reporting isn't very clear. When you're looking for information on error codes, you got to do a lot of digging."
"Solution could use more inbuilt applications."
"The ticket handling process could be improved."
"Recently, we made a suggestion for cross references, like for one application to another. There were limitations there, so we're hoping that will be included in the next upgrade."
"The technology's a little outdated."
"The solution's cloud operation has issues Lumin and Tenable are not one product. The integration needs to be worked out better. There is space for improvement there."
"Tenable Lumin isn't that old and still needs some time to mature."
"The price could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"At the higher end of the price scale, but provides better, more accessible functionality and customization than cheaper products."
"The initial purchase is cheap. You pay a nominal price to start then renew the license annually. You also must buy a license for each module. I'm not too fond of that aspect of the licensing model. You buy the elephant and then spend more money to feed the elephant."
"RSA Archer's price is justifiable and not as expensive, compared to ServiceNow. I have heard that the licensing for ServiceNow is much more expensive. I'm unaware whether there are any additional costs after licensing fees."
"The solution’s pricing is moderate."
"The price of the solution is very affordable."
"It is not expensive. It is reasonable. We only pay for the licensing."
"I am not sure about other companies, but it's quite expensive."
"As I am a developer and responsible for providing production support, I do not have personal knowledge of the pricing. However, my colleagues claim that it is very expensive in comparison with other tools."
"The price could be better."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
52%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Logistics Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about RSA Archer?
It has various valuable features. For example, showing us if a control aligns with specific standards or frameworks helps us understand it better and verify its compliance.
What needs improvement with RSA Archer?
The user interface needs work. There are many small text boxes, like credit card size's boxes, where we need to input a lot of text. You can't see what you're typing beyond the tiny window, so you ...
What is your primary use case for RSA Archer?
We primarily use the system control module and specific IT control models for ongoing risk assessment activities. We use it on a day-to-day basis.
What do you like most about Tenable Lumin?
Tenable Lumin's dashboard helps me understand my vulnerabilities and which tasks I should prioritize for vulnerability remediation. Tenable creates a risk score that helps me develop a remediation ...
What needs improvement with Tenable Lumin?
Tenable Lumin isn't that old and still needs some time to mature.
What is your primary use case for Tenable Lumin?
Tenable Lumin is a risk management solution that helps me identify risks associated with my critical assets and the actions I should take
 

Also Known As

Archer
Lumin
 

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Sample Customers

T-Systems, Bridge Point, Equifax, First Data, Global Imaging Company, Manulife Financial
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